Trent Steel
02-26-2006, 01:02 PM
This is a question that must be put to rest once and for all.
What is the difference between Jam/Jelly/Preserves/Marmalade etc.
According to Wikipedia.com:
Jam: is a type of fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit) preserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation) made by boiling fruit with sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar) to make an unfiltered jelly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly). Jam is often spread on bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread) and also as a culinary sweetener, for example in yogurt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt).
Jelly: A jelly is a sweet or savoury food gel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel), usually made through the addition of gelatin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin) or pectin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin) to edible liquids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid). In the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), the usual distinction between "jelly" and jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam) is that the latter contains visible pulp, seeds, or pieces of fruit, whereas the former does not.
Preserves: Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
Marmalade: isa sweet conserve made from fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit), sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar), and (usually) a gelling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly) agent. In English-speaking usage "marmalade" invariably refers to a conserve derived from a citrus fruit. Typically the recipe will include sliced fruit peel and will prescribe a long cooking time in order to soften the peel; indeed marmalade is sometimes described as jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam) with fruit peel.
According to iChef.com the difference between Jam and Jelly is that (for example) Strawberry Jam has seeds, and Strawberry Jelly has had the seeds removed. This of course begs the question: Is there a difference between Apricot Jam and Apricot Jelly? (A fruit devoid of seeds) Or perhaps Apricot Jam has remnants of pit it it?
And where does Preserves fall in all this? Are the terms Preserves and Jam interchangeable?
God help us all.
What is the difference between Jam/Jelly/Preserves/Marmalade etc.
According to Wikipedia.com:
Jam: is a type of fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit) preserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation) made by boiling fruit with sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar) to make an unfiltered jelly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly). Jam is often spread on bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread) and also as a culinary sweetener, for example in yogurt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt).
Jelly: A jelly is a sweet or savoury food gel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel), usually made through the addition of gelatin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin) or pectin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin) to edible liquids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid). In the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), the usual distinction between "jelly" and jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam) is that the latter contains visible pulp, seeds, or pieces of fruit, whereas the former does not.
Preserves: Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
Marmalade: isa sweet conserve made from fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit), sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar), and (usually) a gelling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly) agent. In English-speaking usage "marmalade" invariably refers to a conserve derived from a citrus fruit. Typically the recipe will include sliced fruit peel and will prescribe a long cooking time in order to soften the peel; indeed marmalade is sometimes described as jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam) with fruit peel.
According to iChef.com the difference between Jam and Jelly is that (for example) Strawberry Jam has seeds, and Strawberry Jelly has had the seeds removed. This of course begs the question: Is there a difference between Apricot Jam and Apricot Jelly? (A fruit devoid of seeds) Or perhaps Apricot Jam has remnants of pit it it?
And where does Preserves fall in all this? Are the terms Preserves and Jam interchangeable?
God help us all.